While there is no set definition of metadata that telecommunications will be required to retain under legislation due to be introduced in the current sitting of the Australian parliament, the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The first version of the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary (PBMD), a standard way to ...

The security agencies that will most use stored telecommunications data under new legislation before the Australian parliament will not reveal exactly what data they want retained until negotiations ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Abbott government has indicated its support for a controversial "data retention" regime, which would require internet and telephone ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Abbott government has attempted to put an end to the heated debate over the proposed data retention regime by promising to spell out ...

On Monday evening, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence finally made public the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order approving a program to collect metadata—that is, ...

Even the most techno-phobic attorney likely could recite the often-used definition of metadata: “data about data.” However, there are important ethical and practical components to metadata of which ...

After Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s appearance on AM this morning, there’s now a fifth definition of metadata in just four days from the government. But, at last, we might actually have ...

While the major telcos are keeping out of the crossfire, iiNet has joined a number of politicians in voicing opposition to the Government's proposed data retention laws. Claire Reilly was a video host ...

The security agencies that will most use stored telecommunications data under new legislation before the Australian parliament will not reveal exactly what data they want retained until negotiations ...